mouse


Definition: Meaning of, mouse in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / maʊs /

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mouse mice
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  1. plural mice HBA a small furry animal with a pointed nose and a long tail that lives in people's houses or in fields : The cat laid a dead mouse at my feet. a field mouse a small furry animal with a pointed nose and a long tail that lives in people's houses or in fields
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  2. plural mouses a small object connected to a computer by a wire, which you move with your hand to give instructions to the computer
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  3. plural mice informal a quiet, nervous person
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mouse used in phrases

  • Alpine mouse-ear (noun)
    1. widespread in the Arctic and on mountains in Europe
  • American harvest mouse (noun)
    1. any of several small greyish New World mice inhabiting e.g. grain fields
  • Arctic mouse-ear (noun)
    1. widespread in the Arctic and on mountains in Europe
  • European wood mouse (noun)
    1. nocturnal yellowish-brown mouse inhabiting woods and fields and gardens
  • Mexican pocket mouse (noun)
    1. large pocket mouse of Mexico
  • Mickey Mouse (adjective)
    1. small and not at all important
    Mickey Mouse
    1. a CARTOON character invented by Walt DISNEY . He is the most famous of all DISNEY's characters and is often used as a SYMBOL of the DISNEY organization.
  • Mighty Mouse (noun)
    1. a fictional mouse endowed with great strength and courage
  • Minnie Mouse
    1. a CARTOON character invented by Walt DISNEY . She is a female mouse, and wife or girlfriend of MICKEY MOUSE .
  • New World mouse (noun)
    1. a variety of rodent
  • Town Mouse and the Country Mouse, the
    1. an old story about a mouse who lives in a town and who invites a poor mouse who lives in the country to come and stay with him. The country mouse does not like the town, and when he invites the town mouse to come and stay with him in the country, the town mouse does not like the country. The lesson of the story is that a way of life that is suitable for one person may not be suitable for another.
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